This is going to sound like sour grapes and it is. Most of the “Euros” are, with a few exceptions, PGA players. The Ryder Cup has become a contest between American tour stars. The mainstays of the European tour would get slaughtered by our guys.

You should figure a minimum of six hours (the original NBC window for Sunday when it was supposed to be singles only was 7 a.m.-1 p.m.). I believe it will be closer to seven (if there are rain delays, they have light in Wales until around 1:30 p.m. EDT).

You would be better, Gib, to just to a timed recording from 1 a.m. PDT until at least 7 or 8 a.m. PDT.

I have DirecTV, also, but sometimes my DVR cancels programming if the program guide changes. You’re better to do a manual time recording (if you haven’t done it before, it’s not too hard — just follow the directions).

It does sound like sour grapes doubleeagle, and not correct either. A majority of the Euro team play on the European tour. The top players share time between both tours, which seems reasonable since golf is a global game.

Brief Instructions for manual record for most DirecTV DVRs: select Menu, select Manage Recordings, select Manual Record, set the recording as follows: Record = Once, Channel = 242 USAHD (or 242 non HD), When = Mon 10/4, Start = 4:00AM, Duration = 08hr00min (recommend at least 8, if you have room on DVR, you can do more). Go to work, don’t listen to radio or watch TV, come home and enjoy watchin’ what should be an exciting tourney.

Great tip on the manual record option for D-Tv users. I set it to tape for 6 & half hours on espn for saturday at 3am as they instructed and woke up to nothing. Had I not found your help I would of got boned out of watching the great USA comeback that everyone will be talking about tomorrow. A team takes on the personality of their captain and whos the biggest choker in European golf history? Good old Monte. Thanks again for the tip and doing a great job of keeping us informed. JEFFRO Rochester NY

Quite right Fact Checker to correct Mr sour grapes! I am Scottish and extremely proud of the fact that not only did we invent the great game but also proud that we appreciate, embrace, and applaud all the wonderfully gifted players worldwide that provide us with so much pleasurable edge of the seat entertainment week in and week out.

Do not make the mistake, like so many Americans seem to do, to underestimate the European Tour in believing it is not in the same league as the American PGA! Good grief, open your eyes and you will notice that the world does not come to an end when you reach the Pacific on the West Coast or the Atlantic on the East Coast.

Listen up a little to the wisdom and appreciation of Johnny Miller who holds the integrity, sensibility, and honesty to appreciate great players who learnt their trade in Europe battling inclement weather conditions and not across the Atlantic where most of the Tour events is played in flat calm conditions and Country Clubs!

Yea fact checker, listen to the guy whos telling you 2 listen 2 Johhny Miller, who is usually feeling just as good as the gallery
is after a 7 hour delay spent at the bar tent…oops, I meant concession tent buying merchandise…like gin & tonics.

I’ve been watching all day and i’m getiing frustrated with the commentators on NBC saying that the Europeans have slowed the greens down and that the rough is much thicker than in the US. And I didn’t realise that Eduardo Romero was on the European team, as the esteemed commentator seems to think! Oh, and the commentator described Celtic Manor as being in Newport, on the South West coast of Wales, while showing the map of Wales-Newport is in the South EAST, as clearly shown on the Map! You’re a professional-get your facts right and stop making us look as dumb as everyone outside America already thinks we are!

Now, if these conditions are supposed to help the Guys on the European tour, then half of the European team are disadvantaged, since they play on the US PGA tour!

How about we give credit where it’s due and wait to see what happens in the morning!

Hey Dave, how many players from Scotland are on the European Ryder Cup team this year? Just curious because I really dont know the answer? Were you around when we created the game as you say? Lets not forget who has dominated the PGA tour for…well forever..dating back from B.Jones, J.Nicklaus, Tiger etc. etc. The Americans and the sponsors and T.V. deals they secure are the reason the European players get to showcase their talents and collect big pay checks. Thats the real truth

West coast read this: Just a heads up out here on the west coast coverage may not start at 1am. Today (Sunday) coverage started at 4am broadcast on delay. If you set your DVD-R better set it for a long day just in case they do the same tomorrow. I’ll be setting mine to record 1am – 2pm as I don’t want to miss this tournament.

After reading this blog, all I have learned is that golf is global. Lesson is simple. Additionally, Tiger should learn the same. If I hear one more comment about him struggling because he is “working on his swing,” I will vomit. He should just play the great game at golf, and enjoy this great game just like the “rest of us.” I shoot low 80′s but love every minute I am able to play. He should follow suit, and once he does, I believe the Americans will come back and secure their holding on the Title they have (and hopefully) will keep. Best of luck to all the best golfers in the world!